Bells Hopslam

Brewed by Bells Brewery
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

bottle, this beer smells like heaven. It is amazing smelling it smells like hoppy honey. Very good. The taste is honey with some hops, not as overpoweringly hoppy as I had expected. It works incredibly well. I would buy this again in a heartbeat

bottle, this beer smells like heaven. It is amazing smelling it smells like hoppy honey. Very good. The taste is honey with some hops, not as overpoweringly hoppy as I had expected. It works incredibly well. I would buy this again in a heartbeat

A- Pours a beautiful hazy ruby orange color with a thin head. S- Smell is hops, hops and more hops. Smells slightly like sweet pine. T- Has a strong citrusy pine taste with hints of grapefruit and a slight tinge of alcohol. M- Highly carbonated and fairly viscous. It suits this brew perfectly. D- For a 9 percent abv this is definitely drinkable. I could sip on this all night.

Bottle at home ... Thanks Tom ... Copper colour ... loose foam head ... very resiny piney hops ... intence though not as intence as expected ... quite smooth ... lime and lime peel... juicy ... very slowly building grapefruit bitter linger... Taste along side the Dogfish head 120 and its flavour come across a bit pealy wally ...

Excellent. Nice floral nose, with a classic, natural appearance. Truly only for hop lovers, massive early bitter, but nicely layered finish. Definitely worth the time.

It will get you drunk!! I’m tellin ya, I’ve had 2 of these tonight, and i think I should cut myself off. The flavor, aroma, everything about this beer is impeccable. But the alcohol will get you!!

Bottle courtesy of the great miketd who tossed this baby in as a bonus -- thank you!

Pours a golden orange, glowing and beautiful, a nice near-white head that lasts pretty long for the ABV and retains powerful lacing along the sides of my tulip glass. The aroma of this beer is ridiculously nice. Hops all the way; fruity with lots of pear and pineapple, but also herbal the way I love it so, man I’m just out there in the experimental garden at the UM botanical gardens some summer in Ann Arbor, drinking deep those herb aromas. Heck, one sniff of this beer and suddenly I remember the whole route out there, out Geddes past Route 23 and left on Dixboro, past the housing developments that were already starting to mar the Michigan countryside.... Beautiful flavor. Perfect balance, no sticky over-roasted grain, just powerful fruity hop goodness, no palate ruinition, just tropical-fruit hops, steeped in honeydew, with slight hints of resin and a smooth mouthfeel that would leave you thinking 7% if it weren’t for out utter burst of flavor that could not be explained below the 10% that this actually musters.

Spendid beer; a worthy big brother to my all-time favorite Two Hearted. 9/4/8/4/17=4.2

Second visit, April ’09. Nowhere near as impressed this time. It’s alright, but basically a big sticky IIPA. I’d much rather have a two-hearted. I’d go about 8/4/7/4/14=3.7 this time. I’ll average the ratings.

[To Celebrate my 1500th rating - thanks for providing me with this Papsoe!] Hazy orange with huge off white long lasting head. Sweet fruity aroma with notes of melon, grapefruit and hops. Sweet flavor with loads of hops and notes of melon, grapefruit and carame. Soft mouthfeel and a very bitter end. Lovely!